Archives for
August 2006

In what's turning out to be a busy day for online video news, San Francisco-based Flixya have launched their new video-sharing offering today. But Flixya users don't just share videos - they share in the revenue, too. Flixya's rev share program offer...

I've resisted the temptation to post about this one for a long time, but really it's too funny to ignore. Cultspace is a "place for cults" - a social site that lets you create your very own religious faction. It's really nothing like MySpace, save fo...

There's much buzz today around the latest stats that suggest YouTube has outpaced MySpace. YouTube has a 3.9% share of daily global internet visits, compared to MySpace at 3.35%. That sounds pretty remarkable, until you realize this data is coming fr...

Eons, a social network for the over 50s, launched yesterday. They've also thrown out a good tidbit for the bloggers, journalists and Diggers to get excited about: the service comes with an online obituary database that sends out death alerts when peo...

Soturi, which is currently in private beta testing, is a new social site that aims to be the "voice of today's consumer". The idea is fairly simple - you post stories about your experiences with certain brands and give a "goodwill rating" to the comp...

It's been a long time since we heard about ClipShack, the video-sharing site that now looks a lot like YouTube. But today it transpires that the parent company, Reality Digital, has raised $2 million in Series A funding from "undisclosed individual i...

The latest data from Hitwise reveals the big gainers during MySpace's power outage on July 22nd and 23rd. MySpace has 80 million or so users and 17% of US page impressions - so where did all those users go? Well, MySpace's market share of visits actu...

Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft's social network and blogging platform, went live last night. As mentioned previously on Mashable, Windows Live Spaces replaces MSN Spaces, and adds a number of new features. The first is the ability to set up your frie...

Mercora, the peer-to-peer music sharing service that works over IM, has released a musical slideshow widget for MySpace, Piczo, hi5, Friendster, Windows Live Spaces and blogs. The Mercora MusicMatrix lets you display 9 of your favorite artists on you...

Meebo, the massively popular web-based IM service, has launched an impressive new product today. MeeboMe allows you to put a Flash-powered IM widget on blogs, websites and social networks like MySpace, Tagworld and Multiply. Meebo, you might remember...

You'll remember all the controversy around PayPerPost, the service that pays bloggers to write (positively) about companies. Well, now we have a new kid on the block. CREAMaid, which stands for "Customer Relationship Extension And Management", allows...

California-based We Love Widgets is another new service that's plugging in to MySpace. Their first offering is a horoscope widget that updates itself with content from theAstrologer.com. They've done a good job: it's nicely designed and you don't eve...

FotoDUNK, which has been on and off my radar for the last few months, is a lightweight tool for putting cellphone photos and slideshows on MySpace, Bebo, hi5, Xanga and Friendster (yeah, that list is getting repetitive). As part of some fairly standa...

Israel-based ILCU, which is currently in beta (although it's been kicking around for a while), is an "event-sharing network" - a site that helps you find things to do in your area. The focus is currently on a select number of "active metros", includi...

30Boxes, the online calendar service, soft-launched their new people search engine today. The822 helps you to find more about a person by entering their email address - it returns information from social sites including your blog, Flickr account, Web...

FlickrMap, a mapping widget that lets you put geotagged Flickr photos on your blog, released Version 2 of their product yesterday. I'll be honest and admit that I'd hadn't seen the service before - but I've got to say it's an impressive effort. Even ...

Update (January 10th 2007): The amount raised was $3.5 million, according to a regulatory filing. How many events-based social networks do we need? Lots, apparently. HeyLetsGo, which is limited to the Boston area during its beta period, has received ...

Jaiku, which has been in early beta since mid-July, is a "social phonebook" that displays the presence and location of your contacts. Users have very simple member pages at username.jaiku.com (see Mashable's) and you can view the status of all your c...

I know we're getting a bit heavy on the MySpace posts, but this one is too funny to pass up. California-based MySpace Guardian, which launched on Monday according to this press release, is a toolbar for MySpace users that provides a "Sexual Predator ...

Since April of this year, the social bookmarking del.icio.us has provided the option to add users to your network and gain fans - people who like your bookmarks and have added you to their network. Last night they extended this functionality even fur...

AOL Video, AOL's massive new video portal, is now live. According to Time Warner, the site aims to be an all-in-one destination to find, watch and share videos - think of it as on-demand TV crossed with YouTube. The new stuff includes more than 45 vi...

I don't have an exact launch date, but it seems that MySpace rolled out their own slideshow tool this week. The service creates a show of all your MySpace images automatically, but it's all or nothing: there's no way to exclude certain photos. The to...

Favorite Thingz, which launches today, is a new service from Sprout Commerce, the makers of MyPickList. It's like a really lightweight version of their original product, but more focused on plugging in to social networks - think of it as the RockYou ...

Fanpop is a new social network for fans of certain websites, TV shows, people and products. But this definitely isn't "MySpace for fans" - instead, it allows users to create their own portal-like pages with links, headlines and forums. These pages ar...

Fox Interactive Media have just announced that Google will power the search on MySpace and other FIM properties. What's more, Google will be the exclusive provider of text-based advertising (Adsense) and keyword targeted ads on FIM. Predictably, that...

Adoppt, which has just entered Alpha mode, is another new blog platform and social network. It has almost every feature you'd expect from a community site: blogs, tagging, forums, favorite links (similar to social bookmarking), a question and answer ...

We already have a MySpace for Muslims, so why not a social network for Hare Krishnas, too? KrishnaFriends is such a straightforward idea that I doubt it needs any explanation, but I'll humor you anyway. Founded by the Krishna Network, KrishnaFriends ...

Seattle-based TripHub is a new service for planning group travel. It's been in "soft beta" since March, but they just launched the official version a few minutes ago. The company was founded in 2005 by veterans of Microsoft and Expedia, and has taken...

Bebo, the social network that's been hot on the heels of MySpace in the UK market, has now overtaken MySpace in weekly visits, according to Hitwise. Both sites suffered a dip at the start of the summer, but the launch of Bebo Bands, Bebo's new music ...

As of this morning, MySpace has begun promoting the French version of the site - MySpace France - on its homepage. As it turns out, the site went live last week, and it's currently in beta. However, advertising on MySpace.com seems pretty pointless, ...

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